Petraeus sees huge progress in Iraq

The Australian: There has been “enormous progress” in improving security across Iraq and there are real indications that the country is finally turning away from the endemic violence of recent years.

As he prepares to leave Baghdad within days, General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, cites a host of statistics that indicate the war-torn country is at last “spiralling upwards” towards a more normal existence.